Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 20:07:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/3217: rmail err function Message-ID: <199704070007.UAA00417@dumbo.hh.kew.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199704070440.VAA20805@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3217 >Category: misc >Synopsis: The rmail.c err() function will fail in most cases >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 6 21:40:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Drew Derbyshire >Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks, Stoneham MA >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: sendmail and uucp being used with rmail as interface >Description: The rmail.c module includes a 'err' function to "make it a bit more portable". However, this version is very incomplete, always assuming the second argument is valid, when in fact the err is often invoked with a value of NULL. >How-To-Repeat: Cause malloc to fail in rmail. >Fix: Use the real library version of err. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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